The Golden Threads: New England's Mill Girls and Magnates, Volume 2Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1949 - 325 pages |
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... Francis Cabot Lowell's mill at Waltham went into production , spinning thread and weaving cloth under one roof . Although it was late in his life that Lowell interested himself in the manufacture of cotton cloth , the subject must have ...
... Francis Cabot Lowell's mill at Waltham went into production , spinning thread and weaving cloth under one roof . Although it was late in his life that Lowell interested himself in the manufacture of cotton cloth , the subject must have ...
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New England's Mill Girls and Magnates Hannah Josephson. Chapter III LOWELL BEGINNINGS THE success of the Waltham experiment in the manufacture of cotton cloth was a delightful surprise to everyone involved but Francis Cabot Lowell . Some ...
New England's Mill Girls and Magnates Hannah Josephson. Chapter III LOWELL BEGINNINGS THE success of the Waltham experiment in the manufacture of cotton cloth was a delightful surprise to everyone involved but Francis Cabot Lowell . Some ...
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... Lowell , the most active mem- ber of that family in the textile business after the death of Francis Cabot Lowell , wrote in her journal that since her mother and father were third cousins , she was amused as a child to discover that she ...
... Lowell , the most active mem- ber of that family in the textile business after the death of Francis Cabot Lowell , wrote in her journal that since her mother and father were third cousins , she was amused as a child to discover that she ...
Contents
A Portent and a Symbol | 3 |
Antecedents II | 11 |
Lowell Beginnings | 33 |
Copyright | |
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